Tim Reeves, Managing Director of Human Factors MD was the key note speaker at a recent meeting of INCOSE, the International Society for Systems Engineering. Tim gave a 45 minute talk entitled Using Human Factors to Improve Medical Systems. His talk focused largely on the issue of medical device safety, and how human factors techniques can be used to make medical devices simpler and safer for healthcare workers and patients alike.

In April, Tim will be participating on an industry panel on human factors, hosted by the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto.

Paul Smith has recently given a set of quest lectures for a course in ergonomic design for information systems at the University of Toronto.

Wayne Fisher is currently teaching a course in human factors at the Ontario College of Art and Design.

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